Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1887-04-20

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returning will be liable to expulsion
from Germany until they recogniz4
German rights. !
Mr.. Ezekiel, the American sculptor,
has been knighted by the Kingof Italy
The Hendricks Monument ASS ocia-,
ton has collected about S21, 900 of the
5000 required to build a monument
to the memory of the late Vice-Presi-
dent.
Thomas Jefferson was probably the
first cut-nail manufacturer in the
United States, his nail works being on
his place al Monticello, and producing
eighty pounds of nails each working
day.
Judge Hornblower of San Francisco
furnishes still another illustration of
the truth s.there's nothing in a name"
He is one of the quietest and hard
working members of the bench on the
coast. -,..s.
Mr.. DarielO 'Day, President Of the Buff
lalo NaturalG Gas Company, wasan Erie
Railroad workman at $1.50 a day when
the oil fever broke out. He went in
for oil, struck it, and is now worth
several millions.
Miss Mary Booth, editor of Harper's
Bazaar, has gone to Europe, where she
will spend five months in travel. This
is her first real vacation since she took
charge of the Bazaar, twenty years ago.
Miss Catharine Wolf left an estate
valued at $15, 1000, OOO> The bulk of it,
after deducting the public requests, was
pretty evenly divided among relatives,
and so carefully devised that the law
yers will realize nothing from a contest.
In Ontario all single women and
widows with the proper qualifca-
tons can vote, and that is one reason
why all the municipal officers in that
province are such sweet mild-mannered
go-home-at-6 and wear-slippers kind of
men.
William Moore, a hotel man of
Atchison, visited Kansas City the other
day and was mistaken for Frank James.
Large crowds followed him wherever
he went till the mistake was discovered.
when they would have nothing more to
do with him.
James Giles, who has just died at
Corydon, Ind, at the age of 81 years.
was the first man to manufacture hats
in Southern Indiana. He had served
four terms as Sheriff, knew Gen. Will
liam, EoDpv Hor,;cop ,-o!1 o,J -o,-ol, 50.
a scout under him in the War of 1912.
''Have you Hours of Idleness' here?''
the maiden asked, as she sauntered in
to the secondhand book store. No,
haven't MISS" said the youth be-
hind the counter. 1.-The boss is an
old skiniint, and when we amt doing
any business he keeps us busting the
books.'-Boston Courier.
The Crown Prince of Germany is suf-
fering from a bad affection of the
throat, for which the application of
electricity is considered by his medical
advisers to be the most likely cure. In
a fortnight OF three weeks he will pro-
coed to Ems, where he will be one of
the earliest arrivals of the season.
Mrs. Julia Ward Howe, Mr.. Lowell,
Dr.. Holmes. Mr.. G. W. Curtis. Mr.. T.
B. Aldrich, MI. ". D. Howell, MI. S.
L. Clemens, the Rev. Edward Everett
Hale, and Col. 7. w. Higginson are
among the writers who will read from
their own works at the Boston meeting
in aid of the Longfellow Memorial
The Sweeney law"-an Iowa statute
passed by the last General Assembly
which compels all foreign corporations
doing business in that State to %reincor-
porate there and thus be subject State
laws and State courts-has been de-
unconstitutional by the United
States Supreme Court.
Prof. Tyndall's resignation of the
Professorship of Natural Philosophy in
the Royal Institution, which he has
held since 1858, has been accepted with
deep regret by the managers. Having
refused an allowance be has been re-
quested to sit for a bust in marble.
will be placed in the institution.
Lord Rayleigh succeeds to the chair.
Cornelius Vanderbilt's four Sol are